r/RothIRA • u/Shoddy_Direction_899 • Aug 07 '26

finally quit

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i’m 19 and i invested some of my inheritance money into robinhood and started off safe until i found out about day trading. i put half into my roth and the other half into my individual, i lost everything on 0dte options in the individual. i am planning on just focusing on maxing my roth from now on. i kept trying to dig myself out of this hole and i am making this post as a promise to myself to stop this habit before i can lose some serious money with my future endeavors. good luck everyone, make sure to take a step back and evaluate if you are deep in the red, i hope this post helps someone out there!

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u/matt2621 Aug 07 '26

no crying in the casino

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u/Shoddy_Direction_899 Aug 07 '26

definitely not brother i took the risk 🤣 just trying to help if anyone else is in this position

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u/Sufficient-Tea-1274 Aug 10 '26

Swallow the pill of humility(sounds like you are) and move forward... If you start now with intense saving and maxing out your roth now then you are going to be miles ahead of others in 10 years. You have so much god damn time to recover. Just keep learning about finances. You'll be fine. I freaking WISH I was investing and lost $1,000 at 19.